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Sarah Palin: Democrats have 'the fighting instincts of a bunch of sheep'

Republicans 鈥 and not so much Democrats 鈥 believe in competition among its members, said Sarah Palin Wednesday. But recent history provides a few examples of Democratic scuffling.

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Sarah Palin is shown in this May 1, 2010 file photo.

You know one thing that Sarah Palin thinks is wrong with the Democratic Party? It doesn鈥檛 have enough internal dissension.

That鈥檚 right. Wednesday night on Fox News, Ms. Palin said that one thing she loves about the GOP is that it believes in competition among its members.

鈥淵ou know ... we don鈥檛 have just the fighting instincts of a bunch of sheep, like I think a lot of Democrats do,鈥 said Palin.

So the Dems are too ovine, are they? What about that scuffle awhile back where White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told the 鈥減rofessional left鈥 to cut their carping about President Obama moving to the center? And wasn鈥檛 it Joe Manchin, newly elected Democratic senator of West Virginia, who actually shot a rifle at Mr. Obama鈥檚 energy bill in a campaign ad? Sheep have hoofs 鈥 so we don鈥檛 think they can pull triggers.

They might if they could, though. Sheep can be pretty aggressive. At least rams can. According to a in Sheep! magazine, which bills itself as 鈥渢he voice of the independent flockmaster,鈥 rams often act, well, rammish, especially during mating season.

鈥淭his is normal and natural and the way it should be. Rams often don鈥檛 get the respect they deserve,鈥 the piece says.

The author also recommends carrying a big stick and/or a spray bottle filled with a 50-50 mixture of water and vinegar if you鈥檙e working near an angry ram. Hmm. Which do you think would work better on the professional left 鈥 the stick or the vinegar?

Getting back to Palin, the context in which she made the sheep comment was interesting, too. At the time she was talking about Michele Bachmann, the GOP Minnesota lawmaker who gave a tea party response to Obama鈥檚 State of the Union address. Did Representative Bachmann鈥檚 speech take anything away from the official Republican SOTU reply, which was given by Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan? Palin didn鈥檛 think so.

Bachmann and Representative Ryan delivered complementary messages of fiscal restraint and the need for small government, said Palin. Both were necessary to counter Obama鈥檚 SOTU message, which, according to Palin, was 鈥渂ig government is here as long as I am, and I鈥檓 going to find a way to make you pay."

But what about that subtle competition between Palin and Bachmann herself for leadership of the northern female, tea party wing of the GOP? Meghan McCain just called Bachmann a 鈥減oor man鈥檚 Sarah Palin,鈥 after all.

Well, Palin didn鈥檛 rise to that bait. She even gave Bachmann an 鈥渁ttagirl.鈥

鈥淚 love it when anybody goes rogue for the right reasons,鈥 Palin said.

Republicans believe in internal competition, added Palin. Healthy debate makes members tough as mama grizzlies. Unlike those woolly Dems.

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